View source for Configuring Kate for use as a Uzebox IDE

[https://kate-editor.org/ Kate] is the official text editor of the KDE project but you can run it under any Linux/UNIX desktop environment or window manager and it is also available for Windows and MacOS. It can be configured to operate as an IDE for Uzebox development, allowing you to quickly build and run your Uzebox project from within Kate via cuzebox.

Install '''kate''', '''konsole''' and [https://github.com/Jubatian/cuzebox cuzebox]. You need to be running at least Ubuntu 20.04 for Kate to support running external tools, if you're a Ubuntu user.

Open Kate then go to '''Settings -> Plugins''' and enable the '''Build''' and '''External Tools''' plugins.

Whilst you still have the '''Configure Kate''' window open, go to the '''External Tools''' section then click '''Add -> Add tool from defaults -> Tools -> Run Shell script.'''

You will now see a new entry in the '''External Tools''' list. Edit it so the name is '''Run YOURPROJECT''', the executable is '''cuzebox''', the argument is your projects '''.uze''' file name and set the working directory to the same as you set the projects build target dir.

Click on the '''Build Output''' tab at the bottom of the Kate window then click on the '''Create new set of targets''' icon.

Enter the base build directory for your current project (where the Makefile is) in the top cell of the second column.

Now you can go to '''Settings -> Configure Keyboard Shortcuts''' and assign keyboard shortcuts to the Build Default Target action (I use '''Alt+d''' for Default buil'''D''') and your '''Run YOURPROJECT''' external tool to run cuzebox running your code. I use '''Alt+x''' for e'''X'''ecuting that.

If you are working on multiple projects then Kate's keyboard shortcuts window also supports creating and switching between several keyboard shortcut schemes.